New Challenges of Chinese Copyright Law in the Digital Age A Comparative Copyright Analysis of ISP Liability, Fair Use and Sports Telecasts – PDF/EPUB Version Downloadable

This very useful book compares the legislation and case law of Chinese copyright law with those of the United States and European countries, focusing on three subjects – the liability of Internet Service Providers, the ‘fair use’ versus ‘fair dealing’ copyright doctrine, and the copyrightability of live sports telecasts – all of which are unsettled questions of law under the existing copyright regime. Among the important aspects covered are the following: secondary liability theories worldwide, including contributory liability, vicarious liability, inducement liability and joint liability; legislative and technology responses to online piracy: “graduated response” program and fingerprint filtering technology; pros and cons of the fair-use doctrine v. fair-dealing doctrine; different outcomes of the Google litigation worldwide; copyrightability of sports telecasts; China’s strategy in combating online piracy of live sports telecasts during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.